Tuition Assurance...continued the student has obtained his degree, provided that enrollment is continuous from the starting time of the benefit and provided also that the student abides fully by all academic and social regulations of the college. There is no charge for the tuition assurance, end th© plan is to go into effect immediately. * * * * * r * . * '. * •*• * •*.*•*o*•*•*** • * * * * * • * RDNI ,au e. a W - jnLior and senior mon and women has Ocen made by the Personnel Deans of 04,rr01l College for the purpose of n:arifying the college testing add - counseling program. The follitasing •esults, submitted by Dean of Men t,J. House, may be of interest to other administratorss 1) Students who have decided upon c major before starting college will probably change to another major by rho and of their sophomore year; 67% of the men and 42% of the women who entered Carroll with a predetermined major changed to another field of study before their junior year. 2) Students who began college undecided as to a major determined one before their junior year and are least likely to make another change; 38% of the men and 31% of the women in this crates. gory changed to another major after deciding upon their first choice. 3) High average students are lass likely to change majors than average students. The study indicates that more students changed majors because of lack of ability in a particular field than for other reasons. The cicond most common reason for making a .chango was the discovery of a mew and more interesting subject. 4) Eighty-five per cent of the studeute who made their seleatica of a ) A survey of major or who changed majoTe did so by the end of their sophomore year, which indicates the importance of second year counseling. * 0 * e *,* 0 * ** 0 * 0 * 0 * 4 ,l* o * * *,* o * 4l *,* o * o*, milj pariolm. N2,,, r lLiza : A scholarship program which will bring as many as sixteen foreign students to Davidson College each Year for four Years, has been made possible by grants from The Richardson Foundation, Inc., and the Mary Lynn Richardson Fund, both of Greensboro, N.C. These grants aro subject to renewal. In addition to tuition, foes, room, laundry, and books, the Richardson Foreign Scholars will receive a grant of $2OO for trawl in the Übited States during the summer following their yoar at Davidson. The students will receive their board through arrangements with Davidson Collage fraternities and other student groups. Included in the program are eight tuition grants totalling $4,000 per year to Davidson to help covor the difference in the tuition paid by students and the actual cost of their education. The expended Richardson Foreign Student Scholarship Program is the result of a successful four year experimental program here. Selection of the students to receive the scholarships will be made on a competitive basis with the cooperation of selection committees in each of the foreign countries and the Institute of International Education. Final selection of the winners will be male by Davidson College on the basis of the recommendations of the selection committees, Vickehemical Co., operating in many of the foreign countries from which the Richardson Foreign Scholars aro expected to come has offered the cooperation of its foreign represent— atives in turthering the prrigrem. *** * * * ** * •*** * * * •••••••••••••••••0 kki_tl-109
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